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[Nexus One General] tomedic:
I've had my N1 (Rogers capable version) since May. I've had the Desire HD (Telus, using on Rogers) since Thursday, and have since rooted, unlocked, etc...

Both are running CM7 RC1 with custom kernals (pershoot for N1, and hrkfdn's for the Desire HD). They are setup identically, aside from CPU speed (1.1 vs 1.2 GHz) and governors.

A lot of these are personal preference and/or things that need getting used too. I love the N1 though... If it matters, I have "normal"/slightly larger size male hands.

Build/Design - The Desire HD is gorgeous. Love the clean slate with minimal bezel. It is noticeably heavier though and obviously larger. To be honest, it will take some getting used to the size and not using trackball to wake. The power button can be a little awkward (for now) to reach. You also will need a case for this phone. Besides protection, it is thin, big, and a little slippery.

Screen - Beside the obvious size difference, I think I like SLCD a bit better than regular AMOLED. No capacitive button issues (I have to remember I don't have to press toward the top on the DHD), no screen wonkiness, and super responsive (perhaps a bit too much).

Responsiveness/Speed - Now, the DHD is clocked 100MHz faster. Beyond that, it is noticeably more fluid and responsive. I don't game on my phone, so I can't comment on that. Overall however, it is faster. Quadrant scores are around 1900-2000 (vs 1500 or so on the N1).

Battery - I'm currently fully discharging my DHD for the third time, and then I'll start charging it "normally". I also haven't been using it as my day to day because I still don't have a case. After next week I'll be able to get a better impression. Thus far it seems decent. The N1 seems to have better battery life as it stands, but we'll see after a week or 2 of breaking it in. It is nice to see the battery going all the way down to 1% though on the DHD ;) (N1 dies at 15% or so and yes I know I should calibrate).

Misc - I'm going to miss the trackball. Trackball wake and especially notifications. I loved the multi-colour alerts with succession. Looking across the room (literally and seeing everything I missed is great). This will be tough to lose. Also there are currently sound issues with the DHD when using custom (I think just non-sense) ROM's. It does sound "tinny", but it's certainly tolerable, and no doubt there will be a fix sometime soon.

Overall, I'm happy with my purchase and just need to get used to some new things after using something so frequently for that length of time.

My 2 cents for anyone that might be considering the DHD.
[Nexus One General] navlem:
Great opinion! I'm also a N1 user who was thinking of the DHD. I didn't get it afterall. :P
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
Haha, same.

Was considering one as I reckon I could sell the N1 for what a DHD costs.
[Nexus One General] vegetaleb:
I think Incredible S is worth the wait, all the advantages of the DHD + better battery and newer Sense,the screen is smaller by 0.3'' but larger than N1 by 0.3'' too ;)
[Nexus One General] msavic6:
I'm just wondering, is htcsense.com working for you? My friend got a DHD but htcsense.com will not load the tabs at the top.
[Nexus One General] vegetaleb:
You need to create an account different from your ordinary gmail account
[Nexus One General] Axefield:
+1

Incredible S has SLCD screen and Desire HD has LCD.
[Nexus One General] gwmkwan:
the Desire HD(Canadian Version)/Inspire 4G both have Super LCD
[Nexus One General] k_myk:
So! Does it mean that it's pretty normal that N1's are dying at 5-15% of battery? Does calibration (root needed?) would really help in this case?

I appreciate your opinion and comparison:) It may be helpful:)

TIA :)
[Nexus One General] redbullcat:
I was going to get a DHD, but have the DHD software running on my N1 anyway now.

If I were to get any phone now, it would be the Galaxy S II or the Atrix.
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
yes you need to calibrate to fix this on your n1. the link in my sig is an app I/we created. it goes into your battery, and there are a bunch of memory addresses in each battery chip. one of them is the "age" register, you need to adjust yours accordingly to allow the full range of percentage to be used. that's why it dies at 15% right now.
[Nexus One General] k_myk:
Thank you:) I saw that thread, but couldn't make my lazy ass to do it, when I was rooted on 2.2.1 :P Maybe it's time to use unlocked bootloader once again;) I'd like to ask you about one little thing: Does it matter (for calibrating) how old is the battery or how many charging cycles it has?

Sorry for OT :o
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
prob should read that thread (though i know its super long now). the short answer is the older your battery, the lower your age will be because the cells have lost charging capacity. do a learn cycle to determine the exact decrease in age. but if you wanted to guess, i'd install the app, manually set age to 85% and that would get you pretty close to what i'd guess your actual age is now.
[HTC Inspire 4G] chocodough:
I'm just curious. There are 4 apps I want to kill upon bootup.

ATT Family Map

ATT navigator

ATT hotspots

Asphalt

I don't use them and dont want them loading.

So what would be wrong with using something like Advanced Task Killer to do that?

Also on a side note. The captivate comes with a really nice task manager which I thought made it really easy to just shut down a program you aren't using at the moment.

Is there an easy way to install that on the inspire without rooting? Or is there something just like that in the market?

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[HTC Inspire 4G] matt_b:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=963478

shutting down an app generally causes it to simply reopen itself. theres a link about taskillers in the thread i linked. a good read.
[HTC Inspire 4G] chocodough:
From my understanding it was mainly caused from killing system processes that kept coming back.

I doubt the ATT programs would restart once closed cause are not being used. They just start when the phone boots.

As far as asphalt. Why a racing game would auto start upon boot is beyond me.

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[HTC Inspire 4G] shadow65781:
You will have to root in order to keep Apps from restarting. Use titanium backup to freeze them.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
apps running in the back ground don't use your battery. Apps that go crazy and randomly use 50%-60% of your CPU kill you battery. If you must have a some sort of task killer download Watchdog lite off of app market. It will tell you which apps are overusing your CPU and give you the option to kill them. Keep in mind that android naturally kills a background process when it needs the space.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RoxRedEye:
Thanks for the info.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgermy:
I just switched to the Nexus S from a G2 (and a MT4G before that) and I've noticed that it seems like you can see the pixels on the NS while you couldn't on the G2/MT4G. Is this normal?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
yes its normal for all samsung amoled and super amoled screens, because they share sub pixels using what's called a pentile subpixel layout. lcd screens have the full 3 sub pixels for each main pixel. due to costs and manufacturing reasons, amoled only uses 2 sub pixels and shares colors, so the result is fuzzy text and bigger pixels. but you get better colors from the amoled.

super amoled plus fixes this, and goes back to the traditional full 3 sub pixels. but that is only coming on the galaxy s 2.

my next phone i actually decided i may go with slcd for this reason, and to see the battery difference in lcd. thinking about the desire s...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgermy:
The Nexus S (and it seems all of the Galaxy S series) is using the Super AMOLED, so the Galaxy S 2 will be better?

I did really like the screen on the G2, but it after coming from at MT4G (and still getting to use one since my wife has one) the G2 was just too slow. I'm hoping T-Mobile releases an 'elite' HTC phone here soon.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenvan19:
Should be getting the HTC Pyramid sometime this year. Think Evo with a 1.2GHz Dualcore Snapdragon. Can't get much more powerful than that :D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorak950:
I still don't get why T-Mobile payed to rebrand the myTouch series. The HTC name carries more weight anyway.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgermy:
The Pyramid sounds very promising. Fingers crossed.
[About XDA developers] MobileNick:
Apologies if this has been covered before but I couldn't find anything in my search.

The threads that I've posted in normally show an icon with a downward arrow, which makes it easy to distinguish. However, in the XDA 2010 style, I've noticed that the unread icon does not show this. As a result, when there are lots of unread threads in a forum, it's not easy to tell which ones I've posted in.

I looked at the XDA classic style and it does show the symbol for threads I've posted in regardless of whether they are read or unread. However, I prefer the 2010 theme. Much less yellow! :)

Can the XDA 2010 style be updated?
[About XDA developers] MobileNick:
BUMP

Could one of the mods please help me with this issue? It makes it difficult to scan through a large amount of unread threads & know which ones I've posted in because the "you have posted in this thread" marker gets overwritten by the unread marker. Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
I'm sure this has already been posted but couldn't find it. But I was trying to flash one of the roms that were posted in here with odin3 and when I put the phone in download mode and Hooke it up to the computer I get either device not recognized or device.malfunctioning but mass storage works no problem. I use the cable that came with the phone and used every USB port on the computer. Any suggestions?
[Epic 4G General] 87Octane:
Have you installed Samsung Galaxy S drivers?
[Epic 4G General] s84471:
I had that problem when trying to flash EB13.

From what others have said here (and my personal experiences with trying to flash EB13) the cable the Epic comes with is crap.

When using another cable, I had much more luck in getting Odin/Windows/Samsung Updater to see my phone.

YMMV though, but it worked for me.
[Epic 4G General] flopez76:
I think you should re-install the drivers, and try a USB port on the back of the computer. Usually the ports on the front of the computer aren't the best for these things.

Sent From My Command Center... (aka basement)
[Epic 4G General] ilostmypistons:
Reboot computer and reboot phone and try it again thats what worked for me in the past
[Epic 4G General] heathmcabee:
Reinstall the Epic drivers from Samsung. Make sure to use the back ports on the back of your computer that are on the motherboard. These will provide better and cleaner power to your device, also cycle both the computer and the phone and don't plug in the device till after you have went into download mode. This should fix your problem.
[Epic 4G General] fczeuner:
Same thing happened to me. I tried using the micro USB cable from my wifes Blackberry. Works great now. Samsung's cables suck
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
I've installed uninstalled and installed the drivers again. Tried the USB ports in the front and back of the computer. I'll try and buy a new cable and see if that works.

Thanks for all the suggestions
[Epic 4G General] dmanwithnoname:
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
Yeah I've tried everything I could think of except using a different cable. Gotta wait and buy a new cable
[Epic 4G General] Pvt WhoOkid:
Dude I had this exact same problem. What os are you running? and is it 32 or 64bit? I had this problem on windows 7 64bit. I had to connect my to an xp os and wham it detected it fine and did its thing. Weird i know but it worked.

P.S: changing the cables for me didn't work. I just used another computer which was on xp.
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
I'm using a 32bit with XP. So I don't know haha
[Epic 4G General] dmbatson:
im having the same issue on EB13..

every port, any computer from win xp Pro to win 7

to 3 different cables..

it charges FINE.

wont mount or recognize in computer...

i am thinking...... something i flashed....

like asop screen (from dk28) or genocide 0.2a kernal or something..
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
I can get mine to mount no problem it's weird
[Epic 4G General] JurKZ:
I recently reformatted and couldn't get odin to work. I put my phone in debug mode and when I connected it windows ended up installing something else and everything worked after that.

Windows 7 64 bit with 64 bit samsung drivers.
[Epic 4G General] Pvt WhoOkid:
Beats me then. Try a different computer.
[Epic 4G General] seoulseek80:
Guys I've had this issue and tried everything you guys have and some. Look at the port directly on your phone. there are tiny little copper contacts on the tooth that can get bent.

You will have to use some tweezers to get it back down but look at this before buying a new usb cable as this was my issue
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
I checked that and didn't find anything bent in the USB port on the phone. Might try new cable and different computer when I have access to both
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
Okay stupid question. Doest it make a difference if the phone isn't fully charged? Haha if so then I'm stupid haha
[Epic 4G General] JurKZ:
I have done flashes with thirty to forty percent battery. I don't think odin checks your battery. I would caution against flashing with to low of a battery as your phone can die during a flash.
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
Okay just read that the SD card could affect it also. Could me not pulling my SD card have something to do it. I'm still new to all this since this is my first android phone coming from the palm pre
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechump:
When I plug my Atrix into a device (computer, car, etc) via USB, the SD card auto-mounts. I would like to be able to adjust when it mounts but the auto-mount isn't a huge problem. My issue is that when I unplug the phone from a device the SD card doesn't automatically remount.

Is there a way to set up the SD card to automatically remount? Is there a manual way to remount besides restarting the phone?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Did u try mounting in Settings --> SD card and storage
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechump:
Yes, when I go to that menu it says, "Insert an SD card to mount". I'm not able to click "mount" because it is grayed out with the above message on it.

Any other ideas?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronj1986:
When u plug your phone in, there should be a USB icon @ the top of the screen. Pull that down, and select 'Do Nothing' that should clear up your problem. Always make sure you do this before unplugging your phone if it mounts the SDCard to avoid corrupting the data. Let me know if this fixed your problem.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstalder:
I have the same exact issue. Selecting "None" for usb mode does nothing for me either. I have to reboot my phone just to get the SD Card and Internal storage to re-mount.

I don't know if this is related but I am also running ADEO ROM.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechump:
I'm rooted but running stock otherwise.

Selecting "none" just affects the phone's internal storage, not the SD card. Also, whenever i plug my phone into any device it automounts the SD, I'm never given an option. It is really frustrating when I just want to charge via USB and not mount my SD card.

Any other ideas? Is there an app that would solve this?

EDIT: I'm also having an issue where my PC won't let me "eject" the internal storage of the phone or the storage on the SD (drives F and G) so I have no choice but to just unplug it.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstalder:
I should add that with my case my phone unmounts internal storage AND the sd card. It's to the point to where I am using adbWireless in order to push or run any other commands needed for adb.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechump:
Yeah you and I are having the exact same problems. This is really aggravating. However, I might have found a solution. In the app switchpro, you can set one of the controls (icons) to be "media remount". I have had soem limited success with it. Try it out yourself and let me know if it fixes the problem.

Thanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sam1geois:
I'm having the same problem. I downloaded the SwitchPro app and used the toggle mount/unmout successfully, so i don't have to restart the phone. It's a shame I had to buy an app to fix a problem with a new phone. I believe the first day of owning the phone I may have unplugged from the cpu while in media link mode for the usb connection, but since then I have it set to "none".

I am not rooted, nor am I running adeo rom as mentioned above.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechump:
OK I'm glad we've found a fix of sorts at least.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechump:
That reload media widget works for my music player. Unfortunately, my widgets (dependent on teh SD card for skins) don't reload properly liek the rest of my media does. I'm still stuck powering on and powering off every time i unplug from a device.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jriverss:
SD Card problem

I think I have the opposite problem. I just rooted using aRoot. Now, when plugging the phone into my computer using a USB cable, the phone says the SD card is ready to be removed. And the Media Link can't read it either. Once I unplug the phone from the computer, the SD card is able to be used by the phone.

Any ideas?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechump:
My problems started after I used aRoot as well. Unfortunately, I never really found a solutions. I've just been restarting my phone whenever i plug it in. In your case, have you tried switching it into mass storage mode after plugging it in?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jriverss:
I've tried every setting with no luck. All I wanted to do is add some music to my SD card. So I ended up taking the card out of the phone and inserting it directly into my computer in order to add the music. Not the best solution to the problem.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thechump:
No definitely not. At least the files get transferred faster that way
[Nook Color General] gulthex:
sombody help me im trying to get gameloft games on my nook color but when i try to download it on there when mobile mode is on it just keeps redirecting me a few hundred times and then sends me to the gameloft main page

when its off it just sends me to the main page.

sombody help me :( i cant get my games :(
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] synergye:
This version has no ATT, White notification text, fixed signal bars, and no FC's! Based on Adeo, so you keep the reboot functionality. This works for me on the new 1.5.2 SBF as well as Adeo. the "newbackup" framework apk is NOT deodexed, and from the new 1.5.2 SBF.

I still need to take new screenshots without the ATT and white notification text, but nothing else changed, so you should be able to use your imagination :P

New Black Browser (still unfortunately black text and a white text box until I can get apktool to actually build the browser apk).

For those who would like to know, I'm using Launcher Pro Plus, Light Grid LWP, and Beautiful Widgets with the small Super Clock and Simplicity theme with no background. Androdena weather icons.

If you want to revert, please follow the instructions with the framework-old and services-old files renamed to framework-res.apk and services.jar (remove .zip).

For the Black Browser, please just re-run with the backup browser apk.

To install the Browser, copy (cp) your current /system/app/Browser.apk to /mnt/sdcard, then adb push the downloaded apk to your phone in a directory of your choosing, and with root, run cp /path/to/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk and reboot.

If you are deodexed, and you follow these instructions to a tee, there shouldn't be issues. No guarantees if not, though I'm running the new SBF non-deodexed, and no issues.

Here are modified instructions copypasta'd from Designgears (thanks man!):

First, Rename the downloaded services.zip to services.jar (due to xda's upload restriction on .jar files).

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run "Shell Root" from SuperOneClick, wait until it says you have root.

Enter adb shell from command line, You should have root(#) access:

adb shell

Mount the system directory as read/write:

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system

Make a new directory on /data for your framework file:

mkdir /data/framework

Exit shell:

exit

Then from the directory of the downloaded files, run:

adb push framework-res.apk /data/framework

adb push services.jar /data/framework

Enter ADB Shell:

adb shell

Copy your new files to their proper location:

cp /data/framework/services.jar /system/framework

cp /data/framework/framework-res.apk /system/framework

Reboot:

reboot now

Phone will flash a red led. Just let the phone reboot (it will take up to a minute, so just be patient!).

IF YOU GET ANY READ ONLY ERRORS WHILE INSTALLING, MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN A ROOT SHELL (IF NOT, TYPE SU), THEN RUN THE FOLLOWING BEFORE TRYING THE FAILED STEP:

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] lsxrx7:
nice

i want it

but dammmn its alot of work
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] synergye:
I think fastboot might be unnecessary, however for some reason, I've had the best results using super one click every time.

Really, it takes 5-10 minutes, and some copy pasting...I've already done the hard stuff.

Im planning on releasing a shell script to be run in the folder with the files on the phone with terminal emulator, but want to polish the theme a bit more.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] NguyenHuu:
thanks, i'll be bookmarking this page for updates.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] shawnbuck:
synergye, you can remove AT&T from the status bar if you change framework-res.apk/res/layout/status_bar.xml, and carrier length and padding to zero on line 5.

Also, the phone will reboot itself with the reboot now command, it just takes a bit (45-60 seconds). Do that instead of pulling the battery.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] davewuvswaffles:
Good luck on getting the white text and removing AT&T from the task bar.

Can't wait
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] synergye:
Thank You very much Shawn! I'm going to change the original post, and remove ATT ASAP.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] shawnbuck:
Glad to help :D

Also, this theme won't mix with Adeo because of the reboot option it uses.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] synergye:
I'm actually using Adeo with it right now and still have the reboot option. I would assume this is because I modified the framework-res apk from Adeo.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] shawnbuck:
Thats great, going to install this right now.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] synergye:
Shawn, I've tried droiddraw, microsoft's xml editor, excel, eclipse, wordpad, and notepad won't actually open the status bar xml. What am I missing?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] shawnbuck:
It's a proprietary compiled XML format. To unpack it, you need to use apktool.

http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/

Use:

apktool d framework-res.apk framework-res

apktool b framework-res.apk framework-new.apk

IMPORTANT:

Make sure you have the META-INF files inside the new apk. The easiest way of doing this is repacking the apk as something new, pulling out the compiled XML files, then adding them into the original apk.

On a side note, its nice to see an honest representation of what data connection the phone is getting.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] NguyenHuu:
I have a question. The data/framework folder we create, is there any reason why we cannot do it from a folder on our sdcard like how we pushed the deodex file over from designgears? Is this just your preference to have it in data or is it 100% required? Just curious cuz after we do all this we will have an empty data/framework folder just sitting there.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] synergye:
There's no reason it can't be in an already existing folder, or just data.

@Sean, thanks for the help, didn't know I'd be using apktool for that.